Departmental Goals for all students completing a General Academic Requirement (“R” or “HU”) in Religion Studies:
- Be inspired to continue exploration of religious traditions
- Understand the roles of religions for individuals and in cultures and societies
- Recognize the academic investigation of religious traditions as a multidisciplinary endeavour distinct from the practice or profession of religion
- Recognize the variety of beliefs and practices within each religious tradition
- Recognize the internal coherence of diverse worldviews
- Demonstrate knowledge of at least one religious tradition or thematic issue in the study of religion
Departmental Goals for Majors and Minors in Religion Studies:
- Demonstrate knowledge of religions in at least 3 traditions or geographic areas
- Be conversant with the history and methods of religion studies and their interdisciplinary connections
- Use the critical methods of religion studies competently
- Engage in comparative study of thematic issues in religion
- Produce creative scholarship that engages primary and secondary materials and displays methodological sophistication